Abstract
The short conclusion insists on the importance of the Americas and Aboriginality for the history of political thought as a discipline and contemporary political theory. Taking as a model Wendy Brown’s approach in Manhood and Politics: A Feminist Reading in Political Theory (1988), I insist on the critical relevance of such an approach of social contract theory along cultural (almost racialized) lines instead of gendered ones. If democratic societies want to genuinely pass the challenge of inclusion, they need to rid themselves of the Aboriginalism they inherited from early moderns. Coming to terms with the complex history of civilization (not just ours but the ideal itself) will help political and legal reconciliations to truly go forward.
Keywords
Indigenous Population Political Theory Political Thought Social Contract Theory Early Modernity
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